I type fast. Around 90 WPM on a good day. But even at that speed, I am constantly falling behind in Slack. Slack is a different kind of typing. It is not flowing prose — it is reactive, rapid-fire, context-switching every two minutes. By the time I have typed out a coherent response, three more messages have arrived and the thread has moved on without me. So I started using my voice instead. Here is what I learned. Why Voice Is Faster for Slack and Teams The average person speaks at 130–150 words per minute. Even the fastest typists rarely exceed 100 WPM in real-world conditions (not speed-test conditions). But more importantly, speaking is thinking out loud — it bypasses the translation layer between brain and fingers. For short reactive messages — "yeah sounds good, let us jump on a call at 2" or "can you share the doc again? I cannot find it" — voice is dramatically faster. You say it, it appears, you send it. No backspacing, no autocorrect disasters, no hunting for the right emoji.…